Mule Hollow Mine

Mule Hollow Mine is a 2.5 mile moderately trafficked out and back trail located near Salt Lake City, Utah that features beautiful wild flowers and is rated as difficult. The trail is primarily used for hiking and nature trips and is best used from May until October.

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wild flowers

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over grown

rocky

washed out

no dogs

Moderate to difficult 2.5 mile out and back. Depending on the time of year, you may cross water several times, so make sure to have appropriate footwear. The trail is overgrown and unmarked, so it may be a little tricky to navigate at times.
Stick to the creek; you shouldn't have much difficulty finding it when it reappears. Once you reach the first mine tailings, you'll have to do some bushwhacking to reach the other three on the other side of the creek

Drive up Big Cottonwood Canyon several miles and make the sharp right turn through the cliff area then cross the bridge over the creek, the parking lot is immediately on your left hand side.

Adequate parking for maybe 20 cars, no water or facilities at the trailhead.

I honestly did not enjoy this hike. It was very overgrown, and keeping on the trail was pretty difficult at times. I also made the mistake of wearing shorts (my fault). If the trail was maintained a little bit better then I would definitely try again.

Not your grandma’s hike! My favorite hike this year due to being so technical and challenging. Includes climbing over and under trees, hanging onto roots, jumping streams, getting lost a few times due to the trail being overgrown and run-off. Didn’t make the mine due to getting a late start and light restrictions but it was so fun, will be back again.

Suzanne R.

hiking

1 month ago

Easy to moderate trail made much more difficult due to being very overgrown (in April) and it had many river crossings, in some sections there were multiple streams, one of which was running down the trail, snow free, until top, mine covered in Snow

This is definitely a bush wack situation. The trail is pretty hard to follow as you get towards the top. Wear pants! Absolutely no traffic though which is nice. Very pretty though there is a lot of water flowing currently.